Google's never been too chatty about its data centers; the search giant is slow to even confirm the centers' physical locations, never mind discuss what's going on inside. But at the Data Center Efficiency Summit, Google spilled a few secrets, and there's definitely some impressive technology in place.
Google's taken steps to ensure that its custom-built servers require only a tiny amount of energy. It's also safeguarded them against electricity outages by building in batteries. A modular method of storing the servers has been embraced, and all in all, Google appears to be at least a year ahead of some of its rivals.
In fact, Google's most efficient facility has a score of 1.12.
These are the sorts of things that, even if the average user isn't likely to notice, should save Google money and prevent it from experiencing certain problems.
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